HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Precarious Work, Virtual Community, Job Security
24 Sep 2018
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Exam: look on avenue for information about location (here & martyrs, week 1, 2, 3 & 4, never tested on minute dates and details, broad concepts. If there are figures that you should look at, they will be pointed out. Younger workers are poorer than their parents" generation: why: huge gap between 25-29 and 50-54 year olds. Changing work force: farming and agriculture, work out of necessity. Knowledge economy: skills-based: careers related to the development of (cid:498)projects(cid:499, work in several jobs over the course of a lifetime, boundary-less careers vs. vertical ladder careers. The video: talked about who is employed vs. unemployed, example: 20 people in employee group, 4 people in unemployed group, 16 people in the inactive group, employed are bringing in income, unemployed are looking for work. Sick, students, children: the rate is calculated by unemployed divided by (unemployed plus employed)
